@thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 3 months agoCannabis: Drug production booming in UK's empty high streetswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkCannabis: Drug production booming in UK's empty high streetswww.bbc.co.uk@thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarehandlinkEnglish8•3 months agoHmmmm. We’re losing out on money by keeping it illegal (taxation) and using taxpayer money trying to stop it? In our two party system both Cons and Labour don’t want sensible drug reform either… Somebody make it make sense?
minus-square@HumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoWorth remembering the UK is one of the worlds largest legal cannabis exporters. And a number of MPs are known to be part ofbthe industory. So legalising recreational in the UK would also make it easyier for small competitiltors to compete with those larger companies. Like much of the restricted product industory. The complexity of licencingbmakes it advantagouse to the wealthy.
minus-square@jabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoIt is worse still. Gifting such a lucrative market to the criminal underground, funnels a lot of money to organized crime. Wouldn’t surprise if they are influencing to keep the status quo.
Hmmmm.
We’re losing out on money by keeping it illegal (taxation) and using taxpayer money trying to stop it?
In our two party system both Cons and Labour don’t want sensible drug reform either… Somebody make it make sense?
Worth remembering the UK is one of the worlds largest legal cannabis exporters.
And a number of MPs are known to be part ofbthe industory.
So legalising recreational in the UK would also make it easyier for small competitiltors to compete with those larger companies.
Like much of the restricted product industory. The complexity of licencingbmakes it advantagouse to the wealthy.
It is worse still. Gifting such a lucrative market to the criminal underground, funnels a lot of money to organized crime. Wouldn’t surprise if they are influencing to keep the status quo.